Ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to Wuhan. My name is DuJunhui. I am from Wuhan travel service. Iwill be your local guide during your stay in Wuhan. This is our driver, Mr Wang.His bus number is
WH12345.On behalf of my travel agency, we hope you have a nice journeyhere. If you have any special interest,please tell your tour leader, and he willlet us know. My job is to smooth your way, care for your welfare, try my best toanswer your question, and be your guide and interpreter. I will try to do mylevel best to “warm the cockles of your heart”. We highly appreciate yourunderstanding and cooperation.
Now we are on the way to Yellow Crane Tower. At first, I would like tooutline the general picture of Wuhan for you.Wuhan is in the southeast of Chinaand covers a total area of 8046 square kilometers. In geographic, it locates at113 degrees 41minutes east longitude and 25degrees 58minutes north latitude onthe earth.
three-kingdom period.At the beginning , the tower was originally used formilitary to observe the enemy’s activity. When the war finished, the towergradually became a scenic attraction where people can appreciate the view of thecity as well as the lake. In ancient time, many literati visited this place, andsometimes even put down poems for it . Such as Cuihao in Tang Dynasty, he wrotea famous poem which was name YELLO CRANE TOWER, and another famous poet LiBai,whose poems affected the whole dynasty in his time, also visited this beautifulplace many times. In this place he once saw off his friend, another poetMengHaoran, and wrote a famous poem for it to show his emotion. From then on,the yellow crane tower was well know throughout China.
Over the centuries the tower had been destroyed by wars for many times, butits popularity with Chinese ensured that it was always rebuilt. The currenttower was completed in 1985 and its design derived from a picture of Qingdynasty. It stands 51.4meters high and has 5 floors .The appearance of the toweris the same regardless of the direction it is viewed from. The tower has 60upturned eaves layer upon layer,covered with yellow glazed tiles and supportedwith 72 huge pillars.The exports comment that it is an authentic reproduction ofboth the exterior and interior design, with the exception of the addition ofair-conditioner and an elevator. Since ancient time, the yellow crane tower hasbeen regarded as the symbol of Wuhan.